National Flag Unfurled on Moon Made of Basalt Fibers
Friday, 07 June 2024 07:23
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Chinese scientists developed a special national flag made of basalt fibers, which was unfurled this week by the Chang'e 6 lunar probe.
The flag, designed to endure temperature fluctuations, high vacuum conditions, and strong ultraviolet radiation, became the first flag to fly on the far side of the moon.
The basalt fiber was developed by Wuhan Textile University and China Space Sanji Space safety and sustainability to boost in-orbit services and SSA
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Novaspace, created from the merger of Euroconsult and SpaceTec Partners, has released its latest Space Logistics Markets report, projecting around $4.6 billion in commercial revenue over the next decade driven by space safety and sustainability concerns.
With an estimated 28,000 satellites set for launch in the next decade-a 76% increase from the previous decade-and over 6,000 active satel Earth from Space: Grand Bahama Island
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Ahead of World Ocean Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the west of Grand Bahama Island, in the Bahamas. AI powering commercial insights into the final frontier
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SpaceX's megarocket Starship launches on fourth test flight
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Starship, SpaceX's massive prototype rocket, launched for its fourth test flight Thursday, and is now attempting to fly halfway around the globe before splashing down in the Indian Ocean.
The most powerful launch system ever built blasted off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas at 7:50 am (1250 GMT). More than two million people followed along on a live stream on X.
Starship is vital to Boeing Starliner crew aboard ISS after challenging docking
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A Boeing Starliner capsule carrying its first ever astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Thursday after overcoming unexpected challenges arising from thruster malfunctions and helium leaks.
The spaceship dubbed "Calypso" rendezvoused with the orbital lab at 1:34 pm ET (1734 GMT) over the southern Indian Ocean, allowing crewmates Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to enter a 'Nicely done!' Boeing Starliner astronauts welcomed to ISS at last
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Boeing Starliner astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were welcomed aboard the International Space Station Thursday at 3:45 p.m. following a successful 1:34 p.m. EDT docking.
Williams floated into the space station first, joyously greeting the space station crew. Wilmore floated in shortly afterward.
The astronauts hugged the ISS crew as they entered from the Starliner spac In first, SpaceX's megarocket Starship nails ocean splashdown
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SpaceX's massive Starship rocket achieved its first ever splashdown during a test flight Thursday, in a major milestone for the prototype system that may one day send humans to Mars.
Scraps of fiery debris came flying off the spaceship as it descended over the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia, dramatic video from an onboard camera showed, but it ultimately held together and survived atmos Space startup funding rounds lift Seraphim’s investment portfolio
Thursday, 06 June 2024 21:15
Boeing's astronaut capsule arrives at the space station after thruster trouble
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Boeing's new capsule arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, delayed by last-minute thruster trouble that almost derailed the docking for this first test flight with astronauts.
The 260-mile-high (420-kilometer-high) linkup over the Indian Ocean culminated more than a day of continuing drama for Boeing's astronaut flight debut.
The Starliner capsule already had one small helium leak when it rocketed into orbit with two NASA astronauts Wednesday. Boeing and NASA managers were confident they could manage the propulsion system despite the problem and that more leaks were unlikely. But just hours into the flight, two more leaks cropped up.
Later, four of the capsule's 28 thrusters went down.
Starliner docks with International Space Station on crewed test flight
Thursday, 06 June 2024 17:06
Webb finds surprising ingredients around young star
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An international team of astronomers have used the NASA/ESA/Webb James Webb Space Telescope to study the disc around a young and very low-mass star. The results reveal the richest hydrocarbon chemistry seen to date in a protoplanetary disc (including the first extrasolar detection of ethane) and contribute to our evolving understanding of the diversity of planetary systems.
Report: Space Force transitioning to new model for the defense of space
Thursday, 06 June 2024 15:23
Space Pioneer raises $207 million for reusable rocket
Thursday, 06 June 2024 15:15
Welcome to the age of space skepticism—and a growing revolt against elites
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Over the past decade, a new form of skepticism about human activities in space has emerged. It seems to be based exclusively in the western world, and centered around the idea that increasingly ambitious space plans will damage humanity and neglect the Earth.
In China, things are different, but this will likely change eventually. Our best data, a survey published in 2020 by Lincoln Hines, shows remarkably high levels of support for space programs in China. This is in spite of the costs, the occasional debris falling from the sky and memory of the deadly Xichang Disaster in 1996 when a Long March 3B heavy carrier crashed into a nearby residential complex.
So what does all this mean for the future of space exploration?
Western skepticism about human activities in outer space isn't actually new. There were space skeptics before there were even astronauts. In January 1920, the New York Times ridiculed the pioneer rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard for not "realizing" that rockets would have nothing to push against in space and would therefore be immobile.